Silverdale Place in the red zone of Avonside – Named on 19 September 1962. [Earlier, in February 1962, the name of Marcel Place had been approved.] Information on date of naming in a letter sent to the City Librarian from the Town Clerk dated 9 October 1962.
A small amount of information from the library website and I found the same information about the street names on Papers Past but couldn’t find a reason for the change in name. In 1962 sections were available and I was amused by the wording in the ads. The sections were described as lovely high, dry and sunny sections. The other entries were mostly death notices. Street view on google maps was from 2012 and the houses near Retread Rd end didn’t look too bad but the ones nearer the river were munted. Obviously there are no longer any houses here and I made a slight detour when walking back to my car to walk this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 